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benzylpenicillin

ben·zyl·pe·nicillin

US/ˌbɛn.zəlˌpɛn.ɪˈsɪl.ɪn/ uncommon

noun

1.

the penicillin that constitutes the principal component of many commercial antibiotics

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Origin

From benzyl + penicillin.

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